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How Many of These Taco Bell Items Can You Name?

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By: Ian Fortey

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About This Quiz

The inspiration for Taco Bell came from a restaurant called the Mitla Cafe in San Bernardino, California. Glen Bell, Taco Bell’s founder, had opened a hot dog stand across from the Mitla Cafe and every day he watched people line up for their ten-cent tacos dorados, mostly ignoring his hot dogs. Being the kind of guy who was hungry not just for a tasty snack but success, Bell tried to reverse engineer his own taco based on what he’d seen. He befriended the staff at the Mitla and in time they shared their recipe with him. The rest, as they say, is taco history.

From Glen Bell’s first Taco Bell location in Downey, California the chain has expanded dramatically. Crunchy tacos dorados gave way to soft tacos, burritos, Mexican pizzas, and even the legendary Naked Chicken Chalupa that swapped out a tortilla for a flat piece of chicken. These days, Taco Bell is known for having a wide and sometimes bizarre menu that can include everything from breakfast to the chocolate-filled Kit Kat Quesadilla. Some are going to be easy to identify but others, maybe not so much. If you’re a true Taco Bell fan, you are up to the challenge! Take the quiz and see just how many Taco Bell menu items you can identify!

cogdogblog via Wiki Commons

This simple item has become the most popular one on Taco Bell’s entire menu. What is it?

Bean Burrito

Soft Taco

Chalupa

Mexican Pizza

The most iconic item on the Taco Bell menu because it’s just a simple taco. The chain sells over 2 billion tacos every single year and when the restaurant first opened a taco was only 19 cents!

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RightCowLeftCoast via Wiki Commons

This item is the oldest one on the Taco Bell menu and is known to get a little messy. What is it?

Crunchy Taco

7-Layer Burrito

Soft Taco

Chalupa

Hard-shelled tacos were the original version of the taco that Glen Bell learned to make from the Mitla Cafe. This version has always been a bit more of a daunting item to eat since the shells never hold together very well, which is part of the reason the soft taco became so popular.

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Mudwater via Wiki Commons

This looks like a taco only thicker, and the shell is actually a fried wheat gordita. What is it?

Mexican Pizza

Cheese Quesadilla

Crunchwrap

Chalupa Supreme

The biggest difference between a chalupa and a traditional taco is that gordita shell. It’s a much thicker piece of flatbread that gets fried and gives the chalupa a chewy, crunchy texture. When you Supreme it, that means they just added sour cream and tomato to it.

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Muy Bueno via youtube

This dessert item sounds like it was inspired by a snack from the carnival. What is it?

Caramel Apple Empanada

Cinnamon Twists

Cinnabon Delights

Churro

The Caramel Apple Empanada is the Taco Bell version of the classic McDonalds fried apple pie. The main difference here is that the sauce inside is a caramel sauce because you can never have too much sweet, sticky stuff inside your dessert.

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Chef Tips via youtube

This early morning item comes in three varieties that include sausage, bacon or potato. What is it?

Crunchy Taco

Sausage Flatbread Quesadilla

Grilled Breakfast Burrito

Meximelt

The Grilled Breakfast Burritos were a late addition to the Taco Bell menu and didn’t appear until the chain added breakfast in 2014. They’ve even experimented with a few weird items including the Naked Egg Taco, which just used a fried egg in place of a tortilla.

This doesn’t have meat but it does include cheese, red sauce, and onions. What is it?

Double Decker Taco

Chalupa Supreme

Soft Taco

Bean Burrito

Packed with refried beans, onions, and cheese, the bean burrito is a popular vegetarian option on the menu. It comes with red sauce, which is slightly different from the regular Taco Bell sauce and which you can get on any menu item if you ask.

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Popo le Chien via Wiki Commons

This flat, tasty item is cut into pieces for you to eat. What is it?

MexiMelt

Cheese Quesadilla

Cheesy Roll Up

Fiesta Taco Salad

The Cheese Quesadilla is one of the simplest items on the Taco Bell menu. It’s just two tortillas sandwiched around nothing but Taco Bell’s three-cheese blend and some creamy jalapeno sauce.

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WrecklessEating via youtube

This item may sound vegetarian, but it does normally come with beef. What is it?

Chalupa Supreme

Double Decker Taco

Chicken Soft Taco

Cheesy Potato Burrito

The Cheesy Potato Burrito comes with beef, nacho cheese, potatoes and even reduced fat sour cream, which might make you think it’s a nice, low-fat menu option. It’s worth noting that each one also clocks in at 480 calories, though.

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Wendy's Eating Show via youtube

These sweet treats are part of the Taco Bell breakfast menu. What are they?

Cinnabon Delights

Cinnamon Twists

Grande Scrambler

Caramel Apple Empanada

Cinnabon Delights are sold in packs of 4 and 12. You’d probably expect them to come with that classic Cinnabon icing for dipping but they don’t. Instead, the sweet icing is actually inside each one, kind of like a jelly donut.

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Big J Reviews via youtube

This item comes with a completely different kind of junk food stuffed right inside. What is it?

Crunchy Taco

Bean Burrito

Beefy Fritos Burrito

Chalupa

The Beefy Fritos Burrito is a lot like a regular burrito - it comes with beef, seasoned rice, and nacho cheese sauce. The big difference is that they also stick Fritos corn chips inside for a bit of a crunchy surprise.

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John Phelan

This item combines the cuisines of two different countries. What is it?

Double Decker Taco

Mexican Pizza

Steak Quesadilla

Cheesy Potato Griller

Caught somewhere between a tostada and a pizza, the Mexican Pizza has a crunchy tortilla base covered in beans and beef, then another crunchy tortilla that’s covered in cheese, tomato and what they call Mexican pizza sauce.

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Big J Reviews via youtube

This little guy has chipotle sauce and three different cheeses hidden inside with the meat. What is it?

Pintos N Cheese

Nachos Supreme

Chalupa Supreme

Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla

The Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla gets its name because it’s not technically a whole quesadilla. Instead, it’s made by folding a single tortilla in half so it can be stuffed with the cheese, chicken, and sauce and then grilled to make it all melt together.

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This popular item is a mix of a Taco Bell staple plus a favorite crunchy snack food. What is it?

Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Supreme

Double Decker Taco

MexiMelt

Chipotle Chicken Loaded Griller

The partnership between Doritos and Taco Bell that produced the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco also made the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco and the Fiery Doritos Locos Taco which comes with an extremely red taco shell.

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Daily Foodie via youtube

This treat looks and tastes a bit like a churro. What is it?

Cinnabon Delights

Caramel Apple Empanada

Cinnamon Twists

Cookie Sandwich

One of the few dessert items on the Taco Bell menu, Cinnamon Twists are actually twists of a corn dough that puffs up when they get deep fried. Before they’re cooked, they actually look exactly like rotini pasta.

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NOT ANOTHER COOKING SHOW via youtube

This item might look like a regular taco but it actually has two different kinds of shells. What is it?

Bean Burrito

Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Beefy Fritos Burrito

Chalup Supreme

The Cheesy Gordita Crunch features a flour gordita that’s slathered in cheese and wrapped right around a regular crunchy taco shell. The inside is seasoned beef, lettuce, cheese, spicy ranch sauce, and a three-cheese blend. Of course, you could add anything you want to it.

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Delish via youtube

This item looks like it’s meant to be eaten on the go, even though it packs in a lot of stuff. What is it?

Cheesy Roll Up

Mexican Pizza

MexiMelt

Crunchwrap Supreme

There’s a lot going on in a Crunchwrap Supreme, and it manages to be both crunchy and soft at the same time. It’s basically a tostada, with all those taco toppings on a crunchy shell, but then they wrap the whole thing in a soft tortilla to keep it together and add a soft, chewy texture to it as well.

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Taco Bell via youtube

This strong sounding item features nine different ingredients, making it one of the most complex on the menu. What is it?

Power Menu Bowl

Spicy Double Chalupa

Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes

Fiesta Taco Salad

The Power Menu Bowl offers one of the biggest varieties of ingredients of any menu item at Taco Bell. The bowl is filled with rice, chicken, beans, lettuce, cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, avocado ranch sauce and sour cream.

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Big J Reviews via youtube

This sounds like it might be a healthy menu option, even if the calorie count disagrees. What is it?

Chalupa Supreme

Fiesta Taco Salad

Crunchwrap Supreme

7-Layer Burrito

The Fiesta Taco Salad is really stretching the definition of a salad by giving you beef, beans, cheese and rice, all in a crunchy tortilla bowl. Factor in the 760 calories and it’s maybe not the healthiest salad ever.

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MrCampop via youtube

This little item only has one ingredient inside. What is it?

MexiMelt

Beefy Bean Burrito

Cheesy Roll Up

Burrito Supreme

The Cheesy Roll Up is a play on the classic taquito, just a tortilla rolled up around a filling. In this case, it’s literally just Taco Bell’s 3-cheese blend and nothing else inside. Some people just really like cheese.

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GeneralHax0r via youtube

This item looks a lot like a soft taco at first but also has some quesadilla qualities. What is it?

MexiMelt

Cheesy Potato Griller

Grande Scrambler

Power Menu Burrito

The Meximelt is very much like an al fresco soft taco in that it has the beef and cheese filling along with some pico de gallo. The difference here is that they melt the cheese quesadilla-style and flatten it a bit because who doesn’t like melted cheese?

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Delish via youtube

This cheesy snack is a merging of two other popular menu items. What is it?

Gordita Supreme

Crunchy Taco

Chalupa

Quesarito

The Quesarito is a melding of a burrito and a quesadilla. The inside is a traditional burrito made with rice, beef, cheese, and sauce. But instead of a typical soft shell for a wrap, this one gets rolled up inside a cheesy quesadilla.

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This hefty item has a strict number of ingredients in the recipe. What is it?

Bean Burrito

Chalupa

Beefy 5-Layer Burrito

Quesadilla

The Beefy 5-Layer Burrito is made with beef, beans, regular cheese, nacho cheese sauce, and sour cream. Most of the ingredients are wrapped up in a soft tortilla to start, then the second tortilla with nacho cheese sauce gets wrapped around it, just to keep it safe and cheesy.

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WrecklessEating via youtube

This vegetarian option packs in a lot of dairy and a bit of veggie. What is it?

Cheesy Potato Griller

Soft Taco Supreme

Grilled Steak Taco

Cheesy Gordita Crunch

The Cheesy Potato Griller is filled with sour cream, cheese sauce and chunks of potatoes and then, true to its name, it’s grilled. It’s different than the Cheesy Potato Burrito because that one also has beef inside and isn’t really grilled unless you ask for it.

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Bhavna's Kitchen via youtube

You know how much you’re getting when you order this big item. What is it?

Crunchy Taco

Power Menu Bowl

7-Layer Burrito

Mexican Pizza

The 7-Layer Burrito has, you guessed it, seven different layers of stuff packed inside. That includes beans, rice, tomatoes, lettuce, guacamole, three-cheese blend, and sour cream. If you wanted to, you could always get them to add things like chicken or pico de gallo and make as many layers as you feel like.

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LooneyTek via youtube

This scorching menu item goes along with the Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch variety. What is it?

Fiery Doritos Locos Taco

Chalupa Supreme

Crunchwrap Supreme

Fiesta Taco Salad

The Fiery Doritos Locos Taco was made for people who like Doritos but also wanted something with a little more kick than the regular nacho cheese flavor. The shell is basically one giant Fiery Dorito chip with all the taco fixings inside.

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Harwood Podcast via youtube

This menu item is definitely not for a vegetarian. What is it?

Pintos N Cheese

Grilled Steak Soft Taco

Bean Burrito

Cheesy Roll Up

The Grilled Steak Soft Taco is the same basic recipe as a regular soft taco, only the swapped out the seasoned beef filling for some strips of grilled steak. They do add the avocado ranch sauce to this taco as well, which is something you have to request on a normal soft taco.

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theimpulsivebuy via Wiki Commons

Sounds like you get twice as much food with this menu item. What is it?

Chicken Soft Taco

MexiMelt

Chalupa Supreme

Double Decker Taco

The Double Decker Taco is what happens when you take a regular Crunchy Taco and sort of wedge it into a burrito. The inside is a typical taco, and the outside is a soft tortilla covered in refried beans that holds it all together and probably stops you from losing a lot of crunchy pieces when you eat.

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Chef Buck via youtube

While many fast food places serve fries on the side, this is the crunchy side at Taco Bell. What is it?

Nachos Supreme

Chalupa

Fiesta Taco Salad

Pintos N Cheese

Nachos Supreme is what happens when you make a beef burrito and a bowl of nachos come together. There are refried beans, seasoned beef, nacho cheese, tomatoes, and sour cream all over them. It’s pretty hard to eat without making a mess of your fingers.

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This menu item doesn’t include any meat but might come with a little zing. What is it?

Chicken Soft Taco

Spicy Potato Soft Taco

Beefy Fritos Burrito

Soft Taco

The Spicy Potato Soft Taco swaps the meat out of a normal taco and instead puts in some seasoned potatoes. The spicy part gets added in with some chipotle pepper sauce, for people who like to live on the edge but don’t want to have to get to the edge by adding hot sauce themselves.

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JJ's FoodReviews via youtube

This snack isn’t quite Supreme but it still has a few toppings. What is it?

MexiMelt

Fiesta Taco Salad

Triple Layer Nachos

Quesarito

Triple Layer Nachos are a bit different from the Nachos Supreme in that they don’t include beef, tomatoes or sour cream. They do have the red sauce made famous by Taco bell burritos though, and work as a vegetarian option if you’re looking for some meatless nachos sometime.

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Tasty Food Reviews

This open face menu item looks like an unfolded taco and it comes with a little kick. What is it?

Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito

Grande Scrambler

Cheese Quesadilla

Spicy Tostadas

The Spicy Tostadas has beans, cheese, tomato, lettuce, and red sauce all on a crunchy base. There’s some added chipotle sauce as well to give it that spice that the name mentions.

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ThePapiGfunk via youtube

This chilly item is famous for its lime flavor. What is it?

Strawberry Skittles Freeze

Mountain Dew Baja Blast Freeze

Iced Coffee

Green Apple Freeze

Mountain Dew Baja Blast is a tropical lime flavor of Mountain Dew that was made especially for Taco Bell back in 2004. In 2012, they introduced the Baja Blast Freeze, which uses the same Mountain dew flavor only in an icy mixture like a slushie.

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Serguido via youtube

This item adds a lot of heat to whatever meal you bought. What is it?

Fire Sauce

Red Sauce

Mild Sauce

Pico de Gallo

Taco Bell Fire Sauce is the hottest variety of sauce packets you can get from the chain which goes from Mild to Hot to Fire. Each packet has a funny phrase written on it but inside it’s a spicy sauce that clocks in at around 500 Scoville heat units.

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Big J Reviews via youtube

This big wrap is an entire breakfast all rolled up in itself. What is it?

Cheese Quesadilla

Mini Skillet Bowl

Grande Scambler

Sausage Flatbread Quesadilla

The Grande Scrambler off the Taco Bell breakfast menu is a pretty hefty item that racks up 650 calories all by itself. It’s full of eggs, bacon, potatoes, and cheese, as well as pico de gallo, sour cream and nacho cheese sauce.

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Mr. B Cooks via youtube

The regular menu version of this morning item is often made with just cheese. What is it?

Breakfast Quesadilla

Grande Scrambler

Mini Skillet Bowl

Quesarito

The Breakfast Quesadilla uses the cheese you’d expect to find in a quesadilla but also adds in eggs and bacon because if we’re being honest, bacon can be added to almost any food item to make it better. It does have 65% of your recommended daily intake of saturated fat though, so watch out for that.

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Big J Reviews via youtube

This little fella sounds like it should be served right out of the pan. What is it?

Cheesy Roll Up

Chalupa

Fiesta Taco Salad

Mini Skillet Bowl

The Mini Skillet Bowl is a quick breakfast item for people who don’t want tortillas. It’s potatoes, eggs, pico de gallo and nacho cheese sauce and it only costs $1!

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This meaty breakfast variation of a menu staple will hit you with 40% of your daily recommended cholesterol. What is it?

Cheesy Roll Up

Sausage Flatbread Quesadilla

Cinnabon Delights

Hash Brown

The Sausage Flatbread Quesadilla swaps out a traditional flour tortilla for a thicker gordita flatbread. That makes the whole thing a little chewier than your typical quesadilla but it holds up better to the sausage crumble that they put inside. There’s some science in these menus, you know.

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Old Nerd Reviews via youtube

This fried and salty breakfast treat can be found at all sorts of restaurants. What is it?

Grande Scrambler

Cheesy Roll Up

Hash Brown

Mini Skillet Bowl

Taco Bell added hash browns to its breakfast menu because everyone adds hash browns to their breakfast menu. People love potatoes and, according to the Idaho Potato Council, the per capita potato consumption in America is an incredible 117 pounds per year.

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TasteTime via youtube

This bowl is a lot like a grilled item on the menu, minus the grilled tortilla, of course. What is it?

Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes

Power Menu Bowl

Black Beans and Rice

MexiMelt

Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes are just potatoes with sour cream and nacho cheese on them. An actual fiesta is usually a big party or festival, so if you serve these potatoes at a fiesta you’d be doubling down on the fiesta fun.

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